MEDIA ADVISORY
April 28, 2010

CONTACT:
Kathleen Shea-Porter, (703) 276-2772, Ext. 14

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator John Kerry, Interior Secretary Salazar, Labor Secretary Solis, Energy Secretary Chu to Address 2010 Green Jobs Conference

2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference, May 4-6 at the Hilton Washington

WASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator John Kerry, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, and Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu will address 2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference, joining union members, environmentalists, community and business leaders, and elected and administration officials for the leading forum in 2010 for transforming ideas into action and building a clean energy economy that creates good jobs and preserves America’s economic and environmental security.

To register for media credentials, go to www.greenjobsconference.org/press-and-bloggers.

Featured speakers also include Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, U.S. EPA Deputy Administrator Robert Perciasepe, U.S. Congressman Ben Ray Luján, AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka, and many others.

The Conference includes more than 100 workshops on topics ranging from green manufacturing to transportation to business, investments and new markets. In addition, May 5 is the Green Innovation Expo, where labor, industry, environment and academia will showcase efforts to grow the green economy and develop clean energy jobs.

May 6 is Green Jobs Advocacy Day. For more information, visit www.bluegreenalliance.org/advocacy_day.

For more information, or to schedule a media interview, contact Kathleen Shea-Porter at (703) 276-2772, ext. 14.

WHAT:           2010 GOOD JOBS, GREEN JOBS NATIONAL CONFERENCE

WHEN:           MAY 4-6, 2010 (Full schedule available at www.greenjobsconference.org)

WHERE:        HILTON WASHINGTON
                        1919 CONNECTICUT AVE, NW
                        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20009

SCHEDULE:             

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

8:00 a.m.                     Opening Plenary Session

David Foster, Executive Director, BlueGreen Alliance
Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers
Harriett Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, District of Columbia
Carl Pope, Executive Chairman, Sierra Club

8:25 a.m.                     Terence M. O’Sullivan, General President, Laborers’ International Union of North America

8:35 a.m.                     Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives

8:55 a.m.                     Larry Cohen, President, Communications Workers of America

9:00 a.m.                     Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor

9:15 a.m.                     George H. Miller, President, American Institute of Architects

9:20 a.m.                     Bill Ritter, Governor of Colorado

10:00 – 11:30 a.m.      Workshop Session I

1:00 – 2:15 p.m.          Plenary Session:
Gerry Hudson, Intl. Executive Vice President, Service Employees International Union

1:00 p.m.                     Rhone Resch, President and CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association

1:10 p.m.                     Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia

1:20 p.m.                     Dean Allen, Chief Executive Officer, McKinstry

1:30 p.m.                     U.S. Congressman Ben Ray Luján, Third District of New Mexico

1:45 p.m.                     Warren S. George, International President, Amalgamated Transit Union

1:50 p.m.                     Ruth Otte, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Veolia Transportation

2:00 p.m.                     Roger Platt, President, Senior Vice President, Global Policy and Law, U.S. Green Building Council

2:30 – 4:00 p.m.          Workshop Session II

4:30 – 6:00 p.m.          Workshop Session III

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

8:00 – 9:45 a.m.          Plenary Session:
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council

8:05 a.m.                     Beth Springer, Executive Vice President, International and Natural Personal Care, The Clorox Company

8:15 a.m.                     Fred Potter, Vice President At-Large, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

8:25 a.m.                     Arnold F. Wellman, Corporate Vice President of Public Affairs, Domestic/International, UPS

8:40 a.m.                     John Kerry, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts

9:00 a.m.                     Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania

9:15 a.m.                     Louis L. Schorsch, President/CEO, Flat Carbon Americas; Executive Vice President, ArcelorMittal

9:25 a.m.                     Bob Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

9:35 a.m.                     D. Michael Langford, National President, Utility Workers Union of America

9:40 a.m.                     Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO

10:00 – 11:30 a.m.      Workshop Session IV

1:00 – 2:15 p.m.          Plenary Session

1:00 p.m.                     Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senator from Oregon

1:15 p.m.                     James W. Cicconi, Senior Exec. Vice President-External & Legislative Affairs, AT&T, Inc.

1:20 p.m.                     Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior

1:35 p.m.                     Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association

1:45 p.m.                     Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy

2:00 p.m.                     Michael Brune, Executive Director, Sierra Club
Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers
David Foster, Executive Director, BlueGreen Alliance

2:30 – 4:00 p.m.          Workshop Session V

4:30 – 6:00 p.m.          Workshop Session VI

Thursday, May 6, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  Green Jobs Advocacy Day   
For more information, including an agenda, please visit www.bluegreenalliance.org/advocacy_day.

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